Overview

This Quick Start is for users who are looking for a repeatable,
customizable reference deployment for Amazon EKS using AWS
CloudFormation.

Amazon EKS

Using Amazon EKS, you can deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications
running on Kubernetes on AWS.

Amazon EKS runs the Kubernetes management infrastructure for you
across multiple AWS Availability Zones to eliminate a single point
of failure. Amazon EKS is certified Kubernetes-conformant, so you
can use existing tooling and plugins from partners and the
Kubernetes community. Applications running on any standard
Kubernetes environment are fully compatible and can be migrated to
Amazon EKS.

This reference deployment provides AWS CloudFormation templates to
deploy the Kubernetes control plane, connect worker nodes to the
cluster, and configure a bastion host for cluster admin
operations. Additionally, the Quick Start deployment provides
custom
resources that enable you to deploy and manage your
Kubernetes applications using AWS CloudFormation by declaring
Kubernetes manifests or Helm charts directly in AWS CloudFormation
templates. The included Cluster Autoscaler and Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon
EFS) storage options are made possible by this mechanism and are discussed in detail
in the Optional add-ins section.

Cost

You are responsible for the cost of the AWS services used while
running this Quick Start reference deployment. There is no
additional cost for using the Quick Start.

The AWS CloudFormation templates for this Quick Start include
configuration parameters that you can customize. Some of these
settings, such as instance type, will affect the cost of
deployment. For cost estimates, see the pricing pages for each AWS
service you will be using. Prices are subject to change.

Tip

After you deploy the Quick
Start, we recommend that you enable the
AWS
Cost and Usage Report to track costs associated with the
Quick Start. This report delivers billing metrics to an Amazon S3 bucket
in your account. It provides cost estimates based on usage
throughout each month, and finalizes the data at the end of the
month. For more information about the report, see the
AWS
documentation.

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